Edition of the Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦的科学信件和论文版

• 批准号: 9012023
• 负责人: Peter Harman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Cambridge University Press
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-10-15 至 1991-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9012023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Edition; Scientific; Letters; Papers; James

This research is part of a long-term editing project, the first comprehensive edition, in three volumes, of James Clerk Maxwell's scientific letters and manuscript papers, to be published by Cambridge University Press. Maxwell was the most important physicist of the nineteenth century, and his work was seminal in establishing the electromagnetic theory of light and statistical physics, work that is fundamental to modern science and technology. Under this grant, Dr. Harman is working on the editorial commentary for Volume II of the edition, which covers the years 1862-73. The manuscript papers of this period, which are of especial interest and complexity, shed important light on Maxwell's scientific maturity, the period in which he wrote the classic works on field physics and statistical molecular theory on which his unique reputation largely rests. The edition aims at textual accuracy and completeness. The textual notes and introductions clarify textual obscurities and establish the historical context within which the documents were written, employing contemporary published and manuscript sources. The work, to be carried out at Harvard University in consultation with historians of physics in the Boston area, will make available, in a critical edition, fundamental source materials for the study of modern science.

这项研究是长期编辑项目的一部分，该项目是詹姆斯·克拉克·麦克斯韦 (James Clerk Maxwell) 科学信件和手稿的第一版综合版，共三卷，将由剑桥大学出版社出版。麦克斯韦是十九世纪最重要的物理学家，他的工作在建立光电磁理论和统计物理方面具有开创性，是现代科学技术的基础。在这笔资助下，哈曼博士正在为该版本的第二卷撰写编辑评论，该版本涵盖 1862-73 年。这一时期的手稿论文特别有趣且复杂，为麦克斯韦的科学成熟度提供了重要的线索，在这一时期，他撰写了场物理和统计分子理论的经典著作，而他的独特声誉很大程度上取决于此。该版本的目标是文本的准确性和完整性。文本注释和简介澄清了文本中的晦涩之处，并利用当代出版和手稿来源建立了编写文档的历史背景。这项工作将在哈佛大学与波士顿地区的物理学史学家协商后进行，将以批判性版本的形式提供现代科学研究的基本资料。